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total species: 91
total photos: 394
total videos: 1
total blogposts: 2

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1. Bohemian Waxwing (2021-01-12)
2. Horned Lark (2021-01-16)
3. Mallard (2021-01-17)
4. Common Goldeneye (2021-01-17)
5. Eurasian Siskin (2021-01-17)
6. Hooded Crow (2021-01-17)
7. Northern Bullfinch (2021-02-10)
8. Great Tit (2021-02-10)
9. Brambling (2021-02-10)
10. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2021-02-10)
11. Hawfinch (2021-02-15)
12. Baikal Bullfinch (2021-02-22)
13. Common Redpoll (2021-02-25)
14. Eurasian Goldfinch (2021-02-25)
15. European Greenfinch (2021-02-25)
16. Tree Sparrow (2021-02-25)
17. Pine Grosbeak (2021-02-28)
18. Willow Tit (2021-02-28)
19. Smew (2021-03-19)
20. Goosander (2021-03-19)
21. Tufted Duck (2021-03-28)
22. Caspian Gull (2021-03-28)
23. Mew Gull (2021-03-28)
24. Rook (2021-03-31)
25. Rock Pigeon (2021-03-31)
26. Mistle Thrush (2021-03-31)
27. Common Kestrel (2021-03-31)
28. Yellowhammer (2021-03-31)
29. Lapland Longspur (2021-03-31)
30. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2021-04-03)
31. Black Kite (2021-04-03)
32. Meadow Bunting (2021-04-03)
33. Golden Eagle (2021-04-03)
34. Common Chaffinch (2021-04-03)
35. Rock Bunting (2021-04-03)
36. Grey Partridge (2021-04-03)
37. Eurasian Magpie (2021-04-03)
38. Common Starling (2021-04-03)
39. Great White Egret (2021-04-03)
40. Common Pochard (2021-04-16)
41. Pallid Harrier (2021-04-16)
42. Great Crested Grebe (2021-04-17)
43. Northern Shoveler (2021-04-17)
44. Eurasian Curlew (2021-04-17)
45. Black-tailed Godwit (2021-04-17)
46. Ruddy Shelduck (2021-04-17)
47. Common Raven (2021-04-17)
48. Northern Lapwing (2021-04-17)
49. Black-headed Gull (2021-04-17)
50. Great Cormorant (2021-04-18)
51. Garganey (2021-04-18)
52. Lesser Kestrel (2021-04-25)
53. Northern Wheatear (2021-04-25)
54. Sky Lark (2021-04-25)
55. Isabelline Wheatear (2021-04-25)
56. Common Crane (2021-04-26)
57. Pied Wheatear (2021-04-27)
58. Greylag Goose (2021-04-27)
59. Steppe Eagle (2021-04-27)
60. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2021-04-27)
61. Green Sandpiper (2021-04-27)
62. Pallas's Gull (2021-04-28)
63. Little Ringed Plover (2021-04-28)
64. Siberian Stonechat (2021-04-28)
65. Black-Necked Grebe (2021-04-28)
66. Masked Wagtail (2021-04-28)
67. Common Swift (2021-04-29)
68. Isabelline Shrike (2021-04-29)
69. Tawny Pipit (2021-04-30)
70. Barn Swallow (2021-04-30)
71. Black Stork (2021-04-30)
72. Common Sparrowhawk (2021-05-01)
73. Grey Wagtail (2021-05-02)
74. Common Sandpiper (2021-05-02)
75. Common Moorhen (2021-05-02)
76. Common Oystercatcher (2021-05-09)
77. Common Whitethroat (2021-05-19)
78. Common Cuckoo (2021-05-19)
79. Ortolan Bunting (2021-05-23)
80. Booted Eagle (2021-05-31)
81. Demoiselle Crane (2021-06-02)
82. Arctic Loon (2021-06-02)
83. Red-backed Shrike (2021-06-03)
84. Brown Shrike (2021-06-03)
85. Common Rosefinch (2021-06-03)
86. Siberian Jay (2021-06-03)
87. Gadwall (2021-06-11)
88. Dalmatian Pelican (2021-06-12)
89. European Bee-eater (2021-06-13)
90. Eurasian Hobby (2021-06-18)
91. Whooper Swan (2021-12-12)

recent uploads


2021-12-12. Whooper Swan.

2021-06-21. Tawny Pipit, Lesser Kestrel, Sky Lark, Common Oystercatcher, Great Crested Grebe, Common Whitethroat, Common Cuckoo, Sky Lark, Ortolan Bunting, Common Sandpiper, Booted Eagle, Common Crane, Demoiselle Crane, Arctic Loon, Siberian Stonechat, Red-backed Shrike, Brown Shrike, Siberian Stonechat, Common Rosefinch, Siberian Jay, Mistle Thrush, Masked Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Hybrid Bunting, Black Stork, Black-headed Gull, Barn Swallow, Pallas's Gull, Gadwall, Great Crested Grebe, Caspian Gull, Pied Wheatear, Great Cormorant, Dalmatian Pelican, Dalmatian Pelican, European Bee-eater, Great Crested Grebe, Eurasian Hobby, Song Thrush, Mallard.

2021-05-03. Lesser Kestrel, Common Raven, Northern Wheatear, Sky Lark, Isabelline Wheatear, Ruddy Shelduck, Common Crane, Mallard, Pied Wheatear, Greylag Goose, Black-tailed Godwit, Garganey, Steppe Eagle, Pallas's Sandgrouse, Green Sandpiper, Pallas's Gull, Common Starling, Little Ringed Plover, Siberian Stonechat, Northern Wheatear, Black-Necked Grebe, Northern Wheatear, Siberian Stonechat, Masked Wagtail, Black-eared Kite, Common Kestrel, Pallas's Gull, Common Swift, Daurian Shrike, Black-eared Kite, Tawny Pipit, Ruddy Shelduck, Green Sandpiper, Common Starling, Barn Swallow, Black Stork, Common Starling, Common Sparrowhawk, Grey Wagtail, Common Sandpiper, Common Moorhen.

2021-04-21. Black-headed Gull, Great Cormorant, Garganey.

2021-04-18. Northern Lapwing, Black-tailed Godwit, Eurasian Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, Ruddy Shelduck, Black-headed Gull.

2021-04-17. Common Pochard, Pallid Harrier, Common Goldeneye, Great Crested Grebe, Goosander, Common Pochard, Tufted Duck, Northern Shoveler, Eurasian Curlew, Eurasian Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, Ruddy Shelduck, Common Raven, Common Kestrel, Common Kestrel, Eurasian Siskin.

2021-04-03. Eastern Imperial Eagle, Black-eared Kite, Meadow Bunting, Golden Eagle, Common Chaffinch, Rock Bunting, Common Chaffinch, Hybrid Bunting, Grey Partridge, Eurasian Magpie, Common Starling, Great White Egret.

2021-04-01. Rook, Rock Pigeon, Mistle Thrush, Common Kestrel, Yellowhammer, Lapland Longspur, Hybrid Bunting, Hybrid Bunting, Yellowhammer.

2021-03-31. Caspian Gull, Mew Gull.

2021-03-28. Common Goldeneye, Common Goldeneye, Goosander, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Tufted Duck.

2021-03-27. Common Goldeneye, Smew, Mallard, Mallard, Goosander, Goosander.

2021-02-28. Pine Grosbeak, Willow Tit.

2021-02-25. Common Redpoll, Eurasian Goldfinch, Brambling, Grey-headed Goldfinch, European Greenfinch, European Greenfinch, Tree Sparrow, Great Tit.

2021-02-22. Bohemian Waxwing, Horned Lark, Mallard, Common Goldeneye, Mallard, Eurasian Siskin, Hooded Crow, Northern Bullfinch, Great Tit, Brambling, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Hawfinch, Baikal Bullfinch.

2021-01-03. Eurasian Jay, Northern Black Grouse, Goldcrest, Willow Tit, Common Raven, Hybrid Crow, Common Goldeneye, Smew, Goosander, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Long-tailed Tit, Willow Tit, Coal Tit.

rare birds records


Great Snipe (Gallinago media)

© Vasilii Bastaev
2026-05-08
Karakol lake, Mangystau

The second record of a rare migratory species this season.


Great Snipe (Gallinago media)

© Qanatbek Kenzhegulov
2026-04-14
Aktau, Mangystau region

A rare passage species in Kazakhstan. The most recent photographic record in the country was made on 21 April 2022 in the Suzak District of Turkestan Region (Martin Grienenberger; see the website gallery). In Mangystau Region, only two records supported by photographic evidence are known from recent decades of the 21st century: 20–24 May 2009 in the Kenderli area (Neve et al., 2010) and the present observation.


Northern Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

© Alexandr Fedulin
2026-03-30

A new species for the Teniz-Korgalzhinsky region. The first photographic confirmation on the website for the Kazakh Uplands. Recorded on March 28 and 30 in different parts of the village.


Northern Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)

© Margarita Davydova
2021-04-02
First president's park, Almaty

The first photo recording of a Northern Bullfinch in Almaty on the website is a rare sighting for a region where they were previously observed during wintering in the mid-20th century and have now become only occasionally encountered.

more rarities...

recent video

2026-01-18
Common Kestrel
(Ruslan Abutrapov)

2025-10-31
Great Cormorant
(Raouf Bairashev)

2025-08-31
Spotted Flycatcher
(Anna Yasko)

2025-07-01
Northern Hawk Owl
(Tungysh Zaparkulov)

2025-06-17
Great White Egret
(Irina Kuryanova)

2025-06-01
Blyth's Reed Warbler
(Irina Kuryanova)

2025-04-14
Grey-Headed Woodpecker
(sergey izoya)

2025-03-30
Great White Egret
(Anna Yasko)
Common Kestrel
(Anna Yasko)

2025-03-23
Common Sparrowhawk
(Ksenia Serbina)
Great Tit
(Ksenia Serbina)

2025-02-07
Arctic Loon
(Irina Kuryanova)

2025-02-06
Red Crossbill
(Viktoriya Zvyaginceva)

2025-01-07
Eurasian Penduline Tit
(sergey izoya)

2024-08-03
Common Tern
(Viktoriya Zvyaginceva)

more video...

unidentified birds


2026-06-02

Bassel Abi Jummaa: booted eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus)

2026-06-02

Bassel Abi Jummaa: Mostly a sedge warbler Anna . (Acro schoenobaenus )

2026-06-02

Bassel Abi Jummaa: OK great . Thanks Anna

2026-06-02

Анна Ясько: Кряквы.

2026-06-02

Bassel Abi Jummaa: Blyth's reed warbler ( Acrocephalus Dometurum )

more unidentified birds...